Q & A with Roger Sandeen

Q & A with Roger Sandeen

Submitted by: Roger Sandeen

Q. What was your primary career and what did you love about it?

A. I was a CPA and ultimately a CFO for most of my career. I really loved the management and leadership components of my career. I enjoyed helping others maximize their skills and capabilities. I still mentor and coach a number of former colleagues.

Q. When you retired, did you feel ‘finished’ or, for you, was there still something left to do?

A. When I retired, I knew I had more to give. Besides mentoring and coaching, I do volunteer work with the Salvation Army and other non-profits that work with veterans. Additionally, I am marketing and selling a profit improvement consulting process and helping others start or grow a new business.

Q. What inspires you and why?
A. I am motivated to give or help others because I was helped by others during my successful career.

Q. How does your unique set of experiences make a difference for the community in your work now?

A. I am very flexible and open to try anything. I like to challenge the status quo and change things for the better.

Q. What’s your advice for boomers who are about to launch their own “second act”?

A. Be open to anything or pursue something you have never done before but would like to do.

After a long and successful career in human resources and the military, I moved to Arizona to be with my grandchildren. Experience Matters put my skills to work at Circle the City, and it has been incredibly rewarding.

Glenn Hinton, Experience Matters Encore Fellow

In looking at the return on investment from a community engagement perspective, you can try to make an impact through giving cash or product, but giving talent and skill to a nonprofit is something they could not get anywhere else.

Yvonne Hunt, Hewlett Packard Corporation

Planning retirement from Maricopa County after more than three decades of daily interaction with awesome colleagues was both a terrifying and exciting experience. Becoming an Encore Fellow at the Human Services Campus has proven to be the antidote for baby boomer “what’s next in life” anxiety. The Fellowship experience continues to fuel the excitement generated by applying acquired skills to a new challenge.

Linda Mushkatel

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